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Religious Studies

SCQF Level 08 (8 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST08010 SV1 Global Religions: South Asian, Indigenous and New Traditions Semester 2 20
REST08009 SV1 Lived Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam Semester 1 20
REST08006 Religion 1A: Religion in the Contemporary World: Judaism, Christianity and Islam Not delivered this year 20
REST08005 Religion 1B: Religion in the Contemporary World: Indigenous Religions and the Religions of Asia Not delivered this year 20
REST08008 Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion Not delivered this year 20
REST08007 Religion 2B: Religion and Society: Social Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religions Not delivered this year 20
REST08011 SV1 Religion in Culture: Theory, History and Interpretation Semester 1 20
REST08012 SV1 Religion in Society: Community, People and Mind Semester 2 20

SCQF Level 10 (41 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST10023 'A People Apart'? Explorations in Modern Jewish Thought 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10021 'The 'Jew' in the Text': Representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Identity 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10013 African Voices in the Study of Religions Not delivered this year 20
REST10004 Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religions 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10029 Chinese Religions: Confucianism, Daoism and "popular" religion 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10014 SV1 Christianity in Asia: Past Patterns and Present Processes 3/4 Semester 2 20
REST10005 Diversity and Dissent in Indian Religious Traditions 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10047 SV1 Field-Work Approaches for the Study of Religion Semester 2 20
REST10046 SV1 Hindu Traditions: History, Power and Agency Semester 1 20
REST10042 History and Sociology of Spiritualism Not delivered this year 20
REST10007 SV1 Indigenous Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa 3/4 Semester 2 20
REST10008 Indigenous Religions: Traditions of Asia and the Pacific 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10044 SV1 Islam Past and Present: Issues of Gender and Ethics Semester 1 20
REST10032 Islam and the challenge of modernity: critical issues in sharia law Not delivered this year 20
REST10012 Islam in Africa Not delivered this year 20
REST10034 Jewish Christian Relations in Modern Times Not delivered this year 20
REST10015 Jewish Views of Jesus 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10011 Key Figures in the Study of Religions 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10031 Martyrs, virgins, and hell's angels: Islamic eschatology in context Not delivered this year 20
REST10003 Methodological Issues in the Study of Religions 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10045 SV1 New Age Beliefs and Practices Semester 1 20
REST10009 SV1 New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4 Semester 1 20
REST10022 Promised Land or Land of Conflict 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10040 Readings in Arabic Religious Literature: Islamic Law, Theology and Sufism Not delivered this year 20
REST10039 Readings in Arabic Religious Litrature: Qur'an and Hadith Not delivered this year 20
REST10035 SV1 Religion and Nationalism in the Contemporary World Semester 2 20
REST10025 Revelation, Reason & Experience as Sources of Religious Knowledge in Islam 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10010 Shamanism 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10002 Sociology of Religion 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10043 Studies in the Qur'an Not delivered this year 20
REST10030 The Body in Islam 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
REST10041 Theories of Religion Not delivered this year 20
REST10033 SV1 Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion Semester 2 20
BIST10018 Egyptian Religion Not delivered this year 20
THET10024 Feminist Theology 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
THET10028 SV1 Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4 Semester 2 20
THET10039 Kierkegaard and Existentialism Not delivered this year 20
THET10015 Liberation Theology 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
THET10016 Metaphysics and Morality 3/4 Not delivered this year 20
THET10025 SV1 Religion and Philosophy: From Modernity to Postmodernity 3/4 Semester 2 20
THET10035 SV1 Sign, Symbol, and Sacrament in Postmodern Religion and Theology Semester 1 20

SCQF Level 11 (21 courses)

Code Availability Course Name Period Credits
REST11015 Contemporary Theories of Religion Not delivered this year 20
REST11014 SS1 Dissertation (MSc in Religious Studies) Full Year 60
REST11006 Diversity and Identity in South Asian Religious Tradition Not delivered this year 20
REST11003 From Primitive to Indigenous: The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions Not delivered this year 20
REST11018 SV1 Hindu Traditions: Critical Investigations Semester 1 20
REST11010 SV1 New Age Spirituality in Contemporary Culture Semester 1 20
REST11007 New Dimensions in Jewish Thought Not delivered this year 20
REST11009 New Religious Movements in Global Perspective Not delivered this year 20
REST11005 Perspectives on the Human Body in Islamic Traditions Not delivered this year 20
REST11004 Professionals, Revolutionaries and Holy Fools: Power and Authority in Cross-religious Perspective Not delivered this year 20
REST11016 SV1 Reflections on Gender and Ethics in Classical and Contemporary Islam Semester 1 20
REST11019 SV1 Religion and Nationalism: Theory and Performance Semester 2 20
REST11002 SV1 Religion and the New African Diaspora Semester 1 20
REST11008 SS1 Selected Themes in the Study of Religion Semester 2 20
REST11011 Sharia and Modernity: Problems, Promises, and Perspectives for Reform Not delivered this year 20
REST11017 SV1 The Holocaust in Visual Culture Semester 2 20
REST11020 SV1 The Practice of Field-Work in the Study of Religion Semester 2 20
REST11013 Themes and Explorations in Jewish-Christian Relations Not delivered this year 20
REST11012 SS1 Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Semester 1 20
THET11030 Dealing with Death Not delivered this year 20
THET11031 SV1 Religion and Philosophy Semester 2 20
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